SQL Server 2008 Express Edition is a free, easy-to-use, lightweight, and embeddable version of SQL Server 2008. Free to download, free to redistribute, free to embed, and easy for new developers to use immediately.

SQL Server 2008 Express Edition has the following benefits:

Fast to download and install: It's a compact download, and you can get up and running in as little as 20 minutes.

Simplified administration: Automatically tune your database for optimal performance. For convenience, you can use Microsoft Update to automatically receive the latest patches and updates, enabling a high level of security and the latest features.

We don't have any change log information yet for version 2012 of SQL Server Express. Sometimes publishers take a little while to make this information available, so please check back in a few days to see if it has been updated.

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